Set
during the final years of the Warring States period of ancient China,
the costume crowd-pleaser stars Jackie as a cowardly soldier of Liang,
who has captured a heavily wounded young general (Leehom Wang) of rival
kingdom Wei through sheer luck. Hoping that he will be rewarded and possibly
discharged from the army, the soldier, who longs for peace and freedom,
takes the captive along on his way back home. Their initial animosity
gradually turns into friendship as the odd couple encounters danger in
the shape of refugees, nomads, and the Wei armies on their eventful journey.